[Wikimediauk-l] Anybody interested in presenting on Wikipedia? (Edinburgh 2nd July 4-6pm)

2012-06-06 Thread Daria Cybulska
Dear All, Physiological Society is having an annual conference on 3-5 July in * Edinburgh*. They are giving Wikipedia a slot on *Monday 2 July 4-6pm*. They would like to have an introductory presentation and some examples of how articles have been edited to show to the attendees of the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anybody interested in presenting on Wikipedia? (Edinburgh 2nd July 4-6pm)

2012-06-06 Thread brian.mcneil
Looks like I might be 'out of the country' for this. No hard-and-fast dates for work sending me to New Jersey and St Louis but this is being talked about as end of June/start of July. Brian McNeil -- Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. Personal: brian.mcn...@o2.co.uk Facts don't cease to be facts,

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

2012-06-06 Thread Richard Symonds
All, We've had an email through from one of the Wikimania organisers, and thought it best to ask you folks for input: *Short version: What are our three coolest projects between Wikimania 2011 and Wikimania 2012?* Those of you who were at Wikimania 2011 in Haifa, may know about the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] NYC Wiki World's Fair

2012-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 June 2012 13:38, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: Yes, I was rather surprised by the silence as well. I'm planning to go to Wikimania Takes Manhattan, and I could be persuaded to man a WMUK stall at the Wiki World's Fair (and I've filled in the form now, thanks for the link).

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

2012-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
Monmouthpedia is obviously very cool. We could put opening an office - it's not necessarily cool (although the people in it are, of course!) and I'm not sure it's what they mean by project (so nought out of two - not bad!), but it is quite a big deal. There are several cool smaller projects that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] NYC Wiki World's Fair

2012-06-06 Thread Richard Symonds
We'll have a box coming. Our Chief Exec will also be coming along - and a few more people I think! I like the idea of a Mind The Gender Gaphttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap Scenic Railway... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

2012-06-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 6 June 2012 16:12, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Short version: What are our three coolest projects between Wikimania 2011 and Wikimania 2012? Monmouthpedia, of course but also, separately, the spread of QRpedia around the world. Becoming a charity for #3? --